Top answers

How can I make sure that I am writing an effective comparative essay between two texts?

A technique to ensure this is by using a different coloured highlighter for each text and going through the essay highlighting when you focus on each text. Look at the mark scheme to see whether it wants and...
CO
3761 Views

What are some of the key themes in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in relation to the Gothic?

The Gothic tropes of horror and terror - suspense leading to horror - are prominent in Shelley's Frankenstein ; for example, the build-up to and reveal of Elizabeth's death ("suddenly I heard a shrill a...
AB
7195 Views

'Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts.' (With unseen passages to choose from, as seen on OCR English Literature A Level)

[As seen on the examples board, I'm giving instructions on how to write these types of questions rather than an example answer as the answer always depends on which new text is given in the exam. I hope this...
TD
6753 Views

""Much American Literature is concerned with ideas about tension between Social Classes" Discuss this statement in relation to your study of American Literature." How would you write an introduction for this question?

These questions are worded in such a way that they demand some kind of overview of the period of American Literature- this can be a daunting demand because, after all, you have probably only studied two text...
SC
4966 Views

How to use secondary sources in essays

Secondary sources are valuable in essays as they show wider reading, understanding, but also different interpretations which hit objectives in A-level Essays. Secondary sources need to be: effectively placed...
IA
4902 Views